The Assam Police arrested a person involved in carrying explosives items and recovered a large quantity of explosives from a passenger bus in Assam’s Goalpara district on Sunday. According to police, based on secret information, a police team of Goalpara district and Krishnai police station conducted an operation and intercepted a passenger bus bearing registration […]
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Centre mulls SOPs for safety, security of journalists after Atiq, Ashraf shot dead in Prayagraj
Taking cognisance of the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj last night, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has decided to prepare Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the safety and security of journalists, top sources said on Sunday. The step is being taken […]
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“Got tremendous response from people in Shiggaon”: Karnataka CM Bommai
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said he received a tremendous response in the Shiggaon constituency as the people have blessed him several times. Exuding confidence the CM added that the voters of the constituency will elect him this time with a big majority. Speaking to the media after […]
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India recorded 10,093 new cases of Covid-19 in last 24 hours
India recorded 10,093 new cases of Covid-19 infection in the last 24 hours, as per the daily health bulletin released by the Union Health Ministry released on Sunday. According to the Health Ministry, India’s active caseload currently stands at 57,542 which is 0.13 per cent of the total cases. The country recorded 6,248 recoveries in […]
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Punjab: BSF hands over Pakistani national to Pak Rangers who crossed border inadvertently
The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturdy handed-over a Pakistani national to Pakistan Rangers who crossed the international border and entered into Indian territory inadvertently in Punjab’s Ferozepur district. “On April 15, 2023, during afternoon hours, forward deployed BSF troops apprehended one Pakistan national ahead of border fence, while he crossed the International Border and entered into Indian territory, in the […]
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Protection of ecosystems can help reduce extent of climate change: Bhupender Yadav
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Sunday said protecting and restoring ecosystems can help the world reduce the extent of climate change and cope with its impacts. Speaking at the Plenary Session at the G7 Ministers’ Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment in Sapporo, Japan […]
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India poised to become 3rd largest construction market in next 2-3 yrs: Piyush Goyal
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said that India is poised to become the 3rd largest construction market in the next 2-3 years, adding that the Real Estate sector will provide huge business opportunities, generate employment and provide big avenues for the startup ecosystem. Addressing the National Investiture Ceremony […]
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“Politically motivated”: Kapil Sibal on CBI summons to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
As Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal arrived at the CBI office in the national capital on Sunday for questioning in connection with the excise policy case, Rajya Sabha MP and former Congress leader Kapil Sibal termed the summons by the premier investigating agency as “ed”>politically motivated”. Speaking to ANI, the […]
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Punjab: BSF shoots down Pakistan drone in Amritsar; seizes narcotics consignment
The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel shot down a Pakistani drone and seized a narcotics consignment in Amritsar’s Dhanoe Kalan, officials informed on Sunday. “Border Security Force troops deployed at the border heard the buzzing sound of a suspected flying object (drone) entering from Pakistan into Indian territory near the village Dhanoe […]
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Amit Shah to confer Maharashtra’s highest honour on social activist Appasaheb Dharmadhikari
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Sunday confer social activist Appasaheb Dharmadhikari with the state’s highest civilian honour ‘Maharashtra Bhushan’, at the Maharashtra Bhushan Awards at Kharghar, Navi Mumbai. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis also arrived at the award ceremony. Shah reached Mumbai […]
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“Criminals should be given harshest punishment but under law of land”: Jairam Ramesh over Atiq-Ashraf killings
Congress MP and the party’s general secretary in charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, on Sunday said criminals should be given the harshest punishment but it should be as per the law of the land. His remark comes a day after gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead […]
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Bobby Darling moves application in SC, supports pleas seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage
Bobby Darling, an actor who underwent gender transformation, has moved an intervening application in the Supreme Court supporting the petition seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage. Bobby Darling, in her intervening application, has urged the top court to give permission to intervene in the matter and to support the cause of same-sex marriage because such matter relates to the free […]
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“It is not a panic situation”: Dr Randeep Guleria amid recent spike in Covid-19 cases
Former director of AIIMS, Delhi, Dr Randeep Guleria, on Saturday said while the country was seeing a fresh surge in Covid-19 infections, the situation, as of now, isn’t one to induce panic. “Covid-19 cases have been on the rise across the country. But the majority of the infections are mild. […]
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US State Secretary Blinken calls for end to violence in Sudan
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday that he was deeply concerned about reports of escalating violence between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the country’s main paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces and urged to stop the violence immediately. Taking to Twitter, Blinken said, “Deeply concerned about […]
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“Agency investigates on merit,” CBI official on summon to Kejriwal on Delhi excise policy case
As the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case of the Union Territory government, a top official of India’s premier probing agency on Sunday said the CBI investigate matters on merits. “We investigate the matter on merits,” the official told ANI. Kejriwal on Sunday said that […]